Cover

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a cover showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a side view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines in the Figures show portions of the cover which form no part of the claimed design.

The shade lines in the Figures show contour and not surface ornamentation.

Claims

The ornamental design for a cover, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D663304
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 4, 2011
Date of Patent: Jul 10, 2012
Assignee: Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
Inventors: Jody Akana (San Francisco, CA), Bartley K. Andre (Menlo Park, CA), Jeremy Bataillou (San Francisco, CA), Daniel J. Coster (San Francisco, CA), Daniele De Iuliis (San Francisco, CA), Evans Hankey (San Francisco, CA), Julian Hoenig (San Francisco, CA), Richard P. Howarth (San Francisco, CA), Jonathan P. Ive (San Francisco, CA), Duncan Robert Kerr (San Francisco, CA), Shin Nishibori (Portola Valley, CA), Matthew Dean Rohrbach (San Francisco, CA), Peter Russell-Clarke (San Francisco, CA), Christopher J. Stringer (Woodside, CA), Eugene Antony Whang (San Francisco, CA), Rico Zorkendorfer (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Susan Moon Lee
Attorney: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
Application Number: 29/384,903
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cover (D14/440)